White Merc with Fins - Softcover

James Hawes

3.7

511 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099757818 ISBN 13: 9780099757818

Publisher: Vintage, 1997

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

Take four ne'er-do-wells: a 28-year-old ex-public schoolboy who can't bear the idea of setting down; Suzy the Black Widow, who has a deliciously flat stomach and drives like she's breathing through the carbs; Brady the Reservoir Dogs fetishist; and Chico the fat Portuguese waiter. Add some plastic guns, the IRA and a white Merc with fins and you have a plan. What plan? The plan to walk into Michael Winner's private bank and walk out with half a million quid. Fast, clever, stylish, funny and utterly compulsive, this is a first novel with everything.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From the Inside Flap:

The dazzling debut of a new voice in fiction, this is the funny, unexpected story of a balding, thickening 28-year-old who, having spent the bulk of his twenties avoiding a career in the quasi-black market of London's temp agencies, now finds himself not only without a job, but seriously without prospects. How he solves this problem is the action that propels this witty, acutely observant and captivating first novel.

About the Author:

James Hawes is the author of six novels, including White Powder, Green Light and Speak for England. He lives in Cardiff.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.